Friday, August 14, 2009

ChApTeR 7 VoCaB!!!!!!!!!!

1.indifference- lack of interest or concern
2.distinguish- tell the differece
3.halt- to stop moving
4.inert- having no inherent power of action, motion
5.spectacle- anything presented to the sight or view
6.vitality- exuberant physical strength
7.spectators- a person who looks on or watches
8.disengage- to release from attachment or connection
9.grimace- a facial expression
10.loomed-to see a distorted image
11.convoy- a ship, fleet, group of vehicles
12.cargo- luggage or stuff on a ship.
13.livid- having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels
14.wailing- to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry
15.Buchenwald- site of a former Nazi concentration camp in central Germany

LaSt SecTioN EnD Of THe bOoK!!!!

1.The aspects that died of him in this whole ordeal was his faith. What also died was his sympathy and his empathy. He looks back and realizes how lucky he was Hate was born in its palce. I think that it is crazy that none of them wanted revenge. I would have wanted revenge they took away millions of people lifes.
2.The symbolisims is like dark and hate and violence because there was a lot of that.
3.It shows what he went threw it show everything and tries to give us an image of what happened.
4. I think that survivors often feel guilty becasue they wonder why they did not die and how come all those other people did. If i was a survivor i would have felt the same as the other people.
5. He was in the hospital at the end of the book and he had heard a rumor that someone invaded.
6. This book is relevant today because it tells us everything. It gives us someones own personall life story and the affect that it had on them. It shows us how these people were treated.
7. Elies father had a big impact on him and desire to live. When Elie would see his father it made him try hared to stay alive and be strong his dad motvated him. The second person i think that influenced him was the rabbis son because he just left his father. Elie thought how can you do that it probably made him think thats how he wants to act.
8.One person in my life that strengthens my hopes is my dad. He motvates me in everything. He motvates me just by being there for me.

chapter 6 vocab

1.faltering-to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent
2.automatons-a person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without active intelligence.
3.midst-the middle point, part, or stage
4.famished-extremely hungry
5.parched-to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
6.indeterminate-not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent
7.illusion-something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
8.condemned-to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
9.withered-to shrivel; fade; decay
10.petrified-to convert into stone or a stony substance
11.distress-great pain, anxiety, or sorrow
12.privation-lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life
13.staggering-Causing great astonishment, amazement
14.encumbrance-is a legal term of art for anything that affects or limits the title of a property,
15.semblance-outward and often spacious appearance
16.jostled-To come in rough contact while moving; push and shove
17.bereaved-Suffering the loss of a loved one
18.rabbi-is the term in Judaism for a religious teacher

cHaPtEr 2 VoCab!!!!!!!



1.PROVISION- the act of equipping a telecommunications network so that it is capable of providing a specific service to its users.

2.Bitterness- The bitter taste is perceived by many to be unpleasant, sharp, or disagreeable

3.hysterical-in its colloquial use, describes a state of mind, one of unmanageable fear or excesses.








4.pious-While different people may understand its meaning differently, it is generally used to refer either to Religious devotion or to Spirituality, or often, a combination of both.













5.anguish-anguish is often understood as the experience of an utterly free being in a world with zero absolutes.













6.CONSOLE-is the text entry and display device for system administration messages.
7.MONOTONOUS- having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range.

8.SCOURING- to remove dirt, grease, from or to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing, as with a rough or abrasive material

9.Truncheons-the club carried by a police officer.





10.AUSCHWITZ- a town in SW Poland: site of Nazi concentration camp.

Ch.6 sEcT 2....!!!!!

1.Someone that stopped runnig would be shot in the head.
2.Zalman was a boy that was running with himand he fell to the floor and was trampled to death.
3.His father motivates him to keep running.
4.The setting of thise chapter was the 42 mile run to the other camp and weather you were going to get shot or not.
5. Elie feels that he has no faith and that he does not believe in God.
6. They have marched 42 miles.
7. It felt great when they could finally took there break they rested in the snow and just layed there.
8. They kept eachother awake one would go to sleep then the other.
9. His father is barley hanging on to life but still trys to help his son.
10. he was the rabbi of a small polish community.
11.I think that what his son did was scandalous and i would not have done this.
12. Elies wounded foot was infected he had puss in it yes he did continue to run.
13.He stepped on some dead guy that was shot in the head.
14. The abandoned village it was not nice they lived in these barn like things.
15. He got transfered to another building unit.

Ch 6. SeCt1....!!!!!

1.The SS officers disgust me they are heartless people. They kill a lot of people and do alot of horrible things.
2. I think that these unfortunate events are very sad. These people are not in there right state of mind though. This makes me feel sad. I think that they do effect the relationship between Elie and his father. I think that the son abondoned his father beacuse he was not in his right state of mind and because he felt that he did not want to have to take care of his father. I would never do that to my father that is wrong or to anyone that i love i would stay there and help them. I would do whatever it takes to survive together. I would not fight over food with my loved one.
3.I think that they say that because he is very important. They are religious so thats why they say it. They see god as almighty and that he is the master of the universe.

Ch 5 sect 2.....!!!!!

1.They prayed when they were eating all together.
2. He always ask himself why, he says that God is dead, He says that if god existed that he would not let this stuff happen.
3. A lot of people attended the service they were praying.
4. What made them decide to fast or not to but they did anyways even though they were in the camp.
5. He did not fast because he no longer accepted God.
6. I think he felt void because he felt as if he had betrayed God and still ate his food.
7. He was transfered to the building unit he had 12 hour days and he carried heavy blocks of stones.
8. There number wold be written down for them to go to the crematory.
9.They would be examined by a SS man.
10. He did experiments on people.
11.He thought that he was going to be chosen in the selection.
12. The inheritance was a knife and a spoon.
13. His dad lived but one of his family friends died.
14. His foot was infected and it had puss in it.
15. They had to run on a journey to another camp.
16. They cleaned the camp and then they went to another one.
17. His dad was a good father but he was very weak but it was not his fault he tried.
18. he has hope that they will find him and that he will be freed.

Ch.5 sEcT...1!!!!!

1.He looses his faith in God because he has seen a lot of horrible things. He sees people starving and people being killed. He probably wonders why God is not there helping him and why God is letting all this happen. He starts asking himself how does God let this happen.
2. His relationship between him and his father has changed because his father is growing weak and he gets frustrated. I can not relate to this relationship. I do not have a relationship like this only with my family.
3.His foot was infected but he got it treated. I think that his fate is luck and that he could have got his leg amputated but he got it treated.
4. Glazed-is a thin shiny coating









examined- To observe carefully or critically; inspect





faith-is the confident belief or trust in the truth or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing